I have never met Braga, but from what I can tell, he can’t create characters because he has never had a meaningful relationship.

You write based on experience. Braga has no idea who his characters are, thus I conclude he has no idea who he is.

False. ST:TNG was a big-team effort wherein Braga was a smaller part. By contrast Enterprise and Voyager can be laid at his and Berman’s doorstep squarely. Whether the crappiness was due to over-saturation, over-work, the departure of Ronald Moore as an important counter-balance or whatever else, does not change that they were overall crappy efforts.

To further support my statement, when day-to-day duties for Enterprise were handed to Manny Coto, the series quality improved *dramatically* and that fourth season was the exact show that I had wanted to watch the moment I heard them announce it – until the last episode. I gave Enterprise endless chances before that, just to be unable to bear it. I am glad I gave it one last chance when I heard that they were changing direction.

Do I wish Mr. Braga any ill? *Not at all.* In fact, I hope that he finds the right project for _his_ voice and enjoys success. I hope that for everyone, because when given the opportunity I’d like to see anyone succeed. But that does not excuse past missteps.Heck, it’s possible that Mr. Braga is an excellent idea man, but should be hands-off for execution.

As for the first two TNG films, I thought that there were good parts to them both, but at least half of the ideas and their execution were epic failures. Turning Cochrane into a comic drunk and boob – despite his brilliance that enabled him to create the Warp Drive – was maddening due to its execution. He wasn’t simply a drunk or an a-hole. He was a bona fide idiot, but invented the Warp Drive ship…just because the plot demanded it.

By default, I lay that at Braga’s doorstep merely in the context that Moore has demonstrated with BSG that most likely, he was more responsible for the awesome action sequences that I loved in that film. Perhaps that’s mistaken on my part, and if that’s the case, then I will gladly assign the blame where it should go.

As for Kirk’s death in Generations, or the concept of the Nexus and how it was executed…well, everyone who was responsible for that, including Moore, should be horse-whipped.

Let’s face it – if you’re a fan of ST:TNG, Enterprise, Voyager, or either of the first two TNG films, you have no right to hate Brannon Braga.

The guy is interlinked with post-Roddenberry Trek as much as anyone is.

I am still mad at Lucas/Spielberg for what they did to us fans in the latest Indiana Jones film, but it doesn’t erase their previous good work. Same goes with Braga.

And if you hate all post-Roddenberry Trek, might I suggest you find another website.

Look, let’s state what everyone is afraid to say most of the time: Brannon Braga and Ron Moore working together as part of a larger team on TNG and DS9 was terrific. Brannon Braga and Ron Moore working together on TNG movies was uneven at best. Ron Moore leaving exposed Braga as a fraud, IMHO. I don’t care who he is or what he does anymore, I hold him equally responsible with Berman for the death of Star Trek. It wasn’t over-saturation, it was over-crap-uration.

The fact that Braga and Coto work together on 24 explains something to me, too. As in, why I think it’s half brilliant and half retarded.

Goyer should thank his lucky stars that ABC had the sense to dream up a reason to keep Braga at arm’s length.